Aqsunqur Mosque

Aqsunqur Mosque
Blue Mosque
Courtyard or sahn
Religion
AffiliationIslam
DistrictCairo Governorate
RegionEgypt
StatusActive
Location
LocationBab el-Wazir Street, Tabbana Quarter (Darb al-Ahmar district), Islamic Cairo, Egypt
Aqsunqur Mosque is located in Egypt
Aqsunqur Mosque
Location
Geographic coordinates30°02′10″N 31°15′36″E / 30.036°N 31.260°E / 30.036; 31.260
Architecture
Architect(s)Shams ad-Din Aqsunqur
TypeMosque
StyleMamluk, Ottoman
Completed1347, then early 1652
Specifications
Dome(s)5
Minaret(s)1
MaterialsStalactite, brick, wood, marble

The Aqsunqur Mosque (Arabic: مسجد آق, Turkish: Aksungur Camii; also known as the Blue Mosque (Arabic: الجامع الأزرق, Turkish: Mavi Cami) or the Mosque of Ibrahim Agha (Arabic: مسجد إبراهيم أغا مستحفظان, Turkish: İbrahim Ağa Camii) is located in Cairo, Egypt and is one of several "blue mosques" in the world. It is situated in the Tabbana Quarter (Darb al-Ahmar district) in Islamic Cairo, between Bab Zuweila and the Citadel of Cairo. The Aqsunqur Mosque also serves as a funerary complex, containing the mausoleums of its founder Shams ad-Din Aqsunqur, his sons, a number of children of the Bahri Mamluk sultan an-Nasir Muhammad and that of its principal restorer, Ibrahim Agha al-Mustahfizan.[1]

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